Ramón Rentería: Names for baseball team all strike out

Open wide. You're about to have an unpopular Triple-A baseball team nickname shoved down your throat.

MountainStar Sports Group, the owners of El Paso's new Triple-A baseball team, took a shellacking in digital media after announcing the top team name finalists: Aardvarks (Oye Rosa, que es un Aardvark?),ÊBuckaroos, Chihuahuas, Desert Gators and Sun Dogs. (Did they spot the Renteria dog Tiger panting under the mulberry tree?)

Supposedly, these names were chosen from thousands submitted by fans. Third-grade students in San Elizario could have done better.

Compadres ties in perfectly with the team's major league affiliate, the San Diego Padres.

Nothing symbolizes the unity and spirit of El Paso more than compadres. A compadre is more than a best friend, more like a brother.

Do the right thing, MountainStar Sports Group. Do what many fans suggest: Implode the list and let us cheer for the El Chuco Compas.

Just recently some of us were lamenting that City Manager Joyce Wilson was thinking of leaving us with a stack of unfinished projects so she could go work in Florida.

Then the newspaper said newly elected Mayor Oscar ("He's such a good boy") Leeser persuaded Wilson to stick around perhaps until the first inning of the first game in the new baseball stadium in 2014. (Wow. Did he enchant her with a Hyundai Equus?)

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Better yet. Why don't Leeser and Wilson invite that San Antonio boy mistaken for a Mexican to sing the national anthem at the opening game?

The 11-year-old boy, identified as Sebastien De La Cruz, sang the anthem con corazon in Game 3 of the NBA match between the San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat. His nationally televised appearance sparked an epidemic of racist remarks on social media. Never mind that the boy is a Texas native.

Social media bullies hide behind anonymity. Why don't you cowards insult the boy in front of his tíos?

On a brighter note: El Paso Times reporter Aileen B. Flores gave birth at 5:19 p.m. June 19 to Roman Gabriel Montoya, who checked in at 6 pounds, 9 ounces. Like some other courageous young women these days, Aileen worked until the very last minute. Some of us worried she might have the child in the elevator. (Human Resources is breathing a lot easier -- for sure.)

Congratulations, Aileen. Some women don't make children or tortillas anymore.

Some of us in the newsroom are super delighted as if we were your son's padrinos -- that would make us compadres, see how it works.

Just don't ask us to baby-sit the little brat on July 4.

Ramón Rentería may be reached at rrenteria@elpasotimes.com; 546-6146. Follow him on Twitter@RamonRrenteria or Facebook@RamonRenteriaEPTimes